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Vicon Industries (Vicon Industries) Cash Ratio : 0.36 (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Vicon Industries Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 0.36.

Vicon Industries has a Cash Ratio of 0.36. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VCON's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.56
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Vicon Industries Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vicon Industries Cash Ratio Chart

Vicon Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.45 0.22 0.32 0.35 0.36

Vicon Industries Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.35 0.33 0.27 0.22 0.36

Competitive Comparison of Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio falls into.



Vicon Industries Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Sep. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1.971/5.403
=0.36

Vicon Industries's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1.971/5.403
=0.36

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Vicon Industries  (OTCPK:VCON) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Vicon Industries (Vicon Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
135 Fell Court, Hauppauge, NY, USA, 11788
Vicon Industries Inc is a video management software company. It develops video management software and designs and markets a wide range of video system components. The company comprises principally of cameras, network video servers/recorders, encoders and mass storage units, used in security, surveillance, safety and control applications by a broad group of end users. Vicon operates within the electronic protection segment of the security industry. Its product line consists of various elements of a video system, including cameras for image capture, stand-alone network video management system (VMS) software and various video recording, storage, management and output devices and peripherals.
Executives
Saagar Govil director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, other: See Explanation of Response 19 ENGINEERS LANE, FARMINGDALE NY 11735
Arun Govil director, 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Response 19 ENGINEERS LANE, FARMINGDALE NY 11735
Anita G Zucker 10 percent owner 4838 JENKINS AVE, N CHARLESTON SC 29405
Gioia Messinger director VICON INDUSTRIES, INC., 135 FELL COURT, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
David W Wright director

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